Science Talk

By Scientific AmericanScience

Science Talk episodes

October 16, 2023 As Arctic Sea Ice Breaks Up, AI Is Starting to Predict Where the Ice Will Go
Sea ice is changing fast. Are forecasts created by artificial intelligence the best way to keep up with the pace of a warming climate in the far north?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 min
October 13, 2023 Scientists Argue Conservation Is under Threat in Indonesia
Researchers have been banned from working in Indonesia’s tropical rain forests after the government disagreed with their scientific conclusions.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6 min
October 11, 2023 A Soggy Mission to Sniff Out a Greenhouse Gas 'Bomb' in the High Arctic
A needlelike tower, hung with sensors, “sniffs” the air above the Arctic Circle for signs of catastrophic thaw in the sodden ground below.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 min
October 09, 2023 This Indigenous Community Records the Climate Change That Is Causing Its Town to Erode Away
In a tiny village north of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories, the Inuvialuit of Tuktoyaktuk have taken climate science into their own hands.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9 min
October 06, 2023 Journey to the Thawing Edge of Climate Change
What is a permafrost thaw slump? Just imagine a massive hole with an area the size of more than nine football fields—and growing—where ice-cold ground once stood.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 min
October 04, 2023 A Popular Decongestant Doesn't Work. What Does?
The popular decongestant phenylephrine is not effective, an FDA panel found. Here’s what to use instead.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 min
October 02, 2023 The State of Large Language Models
We present the latest updates on ChatGPT, Bard and other competitors in the artificial intelligence arms race.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 min
September 29, 2023 Song of the Stars, Part 3: The Universe in all Senses
An astronomy festival in Italy opted to make all of its events and workshops multisensory. The organizers wanted to see whether sound, touch and smell can, like sight, transmit the wonders of the cosmos.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 min
September 27, 2023 Song of the Stars, Part 2: Seeing in the Dark
A blind astronomer “sonified” the universe’s most explosive events: gamma-ray bursts. By listening to, rather than looking at, the data, she made a critical discovery and changed the field of astronomy.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 min
September 25, 2023 Song of the Stars, Part 1: Transforming Space into Symphonies
Space is famously silent, but astronomers and musicians are increasingly turning astronomical data into sound as a way to make discoveries and inspire people who are blind or visually impaired.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 min

About Science Talk

From the publisher's feed

Science Talk is a podcast of longer-form audio experiments from Scientific American--from immersive sonic journeys into nature to deep dives into research with leading experts.